Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, discusses a letter to Congress that asks lawmakers to lift the Medicaid funding cap on all U.S. territories; Gordon Thane, CEO and Principal Consultant for Public Health Insight, says gaps in public health knowledge can keep important information from reaching those who need it most; communication is the topic of an ASTHO webinar happening on Monday June 24th; and an ASTHO blog article from Dr. James Bell III, Chief of Staff at the Michigan Health Department and a DELPH graduate, explains how Michigan is working to address health disparities.

ASTHO News Release: ASTHO and NAMD Call on Congress to Fully Fund Medicaid and CHIP in U.S. Territories

Public Health Insight Podcast Episode: Leadership in Public Health and Medicine

ASTHO Webinar: Combatting the Rise of Syphilis Through State Communication Campaigns

ASTHO Blog Article: Roots of Equity – Addressing Health Disparities and Advancing Inclusive Solutions in Michigan

ASTHO Webinar: Performance Management Techniques for Successful Decision Making

Suleima Salgado, an ASTHO Telehealth Consultant, shares details of a new needs assessment focused on telehealth; Dr. Fredrick Echols, CEO and Founder of Population Health and Social Justice Consulting LLC and a DELPH Graduate, tells us how DELPH graduates use their newly acquired skills to impact work in agencies across the states and territories; and an ASTHO resource provides ideas to build additional capacity to address adverse childhood experiences.

ASTHO Webpage: 2024 Telehealth Needs Assessment

ASTHO Webpage: Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health

ASTHO Blog Article: DELPH Reflections – A Journey Towards Creating a More Equitable and Just Democracy

ASTHO Webpage: Leadership Development

ASTHO Webpage: Actions to Build Capacity for ACEs Prevention

Megan Drake-Pereyra, ASTHO Advisor for Public Health Infrastructure, says island area agencies are looking to update plans and processes following the pandemic; Arthur U. San Agustin, Special Assistant to the Office of the Governor, tells us Leaders in Guam have spent a lot of time working to improve the way they manage small purchase procurement; the CDC has issued a health advisory regarding a federal health care fraud indictment against a telehealth company that provides ADHD treatment; and the ASTHO Leadership Institute is building a new cohort of senior public health leaders interested in strategic professional development.

ASTHO Blog Article: How Two Island Health Departments Are Preparing for Successful Public Health Planning

ASTHO Public Health Review Podcast: Using Business Process Improvement to Address Procurement Challenges in Guam

CDC Webpage: Disrupted Access to Prescription Stimulant Medications Could Increase Risk of Injury and Overdose

ASTHO Webpage: ASTHO Leadership Institute

Ashley Hebert, Senior Program Manager for Community and Government Relations with the Center for Black Health and Equity, says despite challenges organizations must continue their work to protect communities of color from tobacco industry campaigns; Ashley Ottewell, ASTHO Director of Public Health Data Modernization and Informatics at ASTHO, discusses a JPHMP article written about health equity science; and Kristin Sullivan, ASTHO Director of Public Health Systems Improvement and Infrastructure, discusses a project to help leaders in the U.S. Virgin Islands improve their business processes.

ASTHO Brief: Engaging Communities Is a Critical Tobacco Control Strategy

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Article: Leveraging Science to Advance Health Equity

ASTHO STAR Center

ASTHO Webpage: Stay Informed

Dr. Liz Wood, Scholarly Assistant Professor at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University, discusses her grant-winning research on disability data; Julia Von Alexander, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Island Support, says leaders with the Federated States of Micronesia are working to improve healthcare access for remote island populations; Veronica Halloway, Executive Director for the National Association of State Offices of Minority Health, reflects on National Minority Health Month; and Trust for America’s Health has announced that ASTHO has earned an Age-Friendly Public Health Systems Recognition.

Association of University Centers on Disabilities News Release: Announcement of AUCD-ASTHO Grant Awardees

ASTHO Blog Article: Improving Access to Healthcare in the Pacific: Q&A with Patrick Abraham

Trust for America’s Health News Release: The Association for State and Territorial Health Officials Achieves Age-Friendly Public Health Systems Recognition

Sarah Auer, Program Analyst for the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, tells us about the Applied Epidemiology Competencies toolkit; Lillie Seels, Director of Practice Transformation at the National Community Action Partnership, says ASTHO’s vaccine equity toolkit was developed using real-world experience; Jon Junior Calvo, Chief of Staff for the Office of the Governor of Guam, discusses why ASTHO’s business process improvement approach has been time well spent; and an ASTHO webinar will focus on state communication campaigns to combat the syphilis epidemic.

Applied Epidemiology Competencies Toolkit

ASTHO Blog Article: ASTHO Helping Agencies and Providers Advance Vaccine Equity

Public Health Review Podcast: Using Business Process Improvement to Address Procurement Challenges in Guam

ASTHO Webinar: Combatting the Rise of Syphilis Through State Communication Campaigns

Dr. Michelle Fiscus, Chief Medical Officer at the Association of Immunization Managers, discusses numbers released in March that show the RSV immunization for infants is 90 percent effective; Dr. Tom Frieden, President and Chief Executive Officer of Resolve to Save Lives, says public health needs to take three steps to rebuild trust in communities; Darrah Dunlap, Food Protection Program Manager at the Illinois Department of Public Health, tells us about a cottage food guide to help people in business and local health departments in Illinois; and Puerto Rico has an online dashboard to identify and address health equity concerns in their jurisdiction.

CDC Webpage: CDC study shows effectiveness of RSV immunization for infants

STAT Opinion Article: To rebuild trust in public health: Better communication, fewer mandates, and small wins

ASTHO Webpage: Developing a Data Dashboard to Address Health Equity Concerns: Insights from Puerto Rico

Dr. Tom Frieden, President and Chief Executive Officer of Resolve to Save Lives, shares three steps he says are needed to rebuild trust in public health; Melissa Magstadt, Secretary of Health for the South Dakota Department of Health and an ASTHO Member, discusses how their states’ mobile clinics aim to bring health services to where people are; and a new ASTHO report outlines suicide prevention resources for agencies.

STAT News Opinion Article: To rebuild trust in public health – Better communication, fewer mandates, and small wins

South Dakota Department of Health News Release: South Dakota Department of Health Unveils Wellness on Wheels Mobile Clinics to Improve Healthcare Access to Underserved Communities

ASTHO Webpage: Data Sources and Strategies for Suicide Prevention Among Disproportionately Affected Populations

ASTHO Webpage: Stay Informed

Dr. Audrey Juhasz, Researcher at the Institute for Disability Research Policy and Practice at Utah State University, discusses findings from their disability data analysis research; Nada Hassanein, Health Inequities Reporter at Stateline, talks about her article which details research from UC San Francisco dealing with maternal implicit bias training; and ASTHO’s PH-HERO Workforce Resource Center can help protect and support your teams.

Association of University Centers on Disabilities Webpage: Announcement of AUCD-ASTHO Grant Awardees

The Salt Lake Tribune Article: Opinion – Too often, Utah neglects the mental health needs of individuals with disabilities

Chronic Health Conditions Among People with Disabilities Living in the Mountain West

Stateline News Article: To close racial gap in maternal health, some states take aim at implicit bias

ASTHO PH-HERO Workforce Resource Center

ASTHO Webpage: Stay Informed

Dr. Edward Simmer, Director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, talks about a dashboard for state-wide overdose data; Chevelle Glymph, Senior Director of Public Health at the Association for University Centers of Disabilities, discusses grant funding that focuses on disability data analysis; an ASTHO brief emphasizes the need for specialized care for high-risk pregnant persons and infants; and Dr. Jerome Larkin is the new Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health.

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Webpage: Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard

Association of University Centers on Disabilities Webpage: Announcement of AUCD-ASTHO Grant Awardees

ASTHO Brief: Enhancing Consumer Awareness Improves Access to Risk-Appropriate Care

ASTHO Webpage: Jerome Larkin